Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
82078
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/11/2003
Date of Amendment
26/11/2003
Name of Property
Bridge over Tennant Canal SE of the Church of Saint Cattwg
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Blaenhonddan
Town
Neath
Locality
Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath
Easting
275691
Northing
198362
Street Side
Location
Crossing the Tennant Canal some 200m SE of the Church of Saint Cattwg and just N of the A465.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Canal bridge, probably contemporary with the Tennant Canal built 1821-24. The engineer was William Kirkhouse and the canal opened in 1824 from the Neath Canal at Aberdulais to Port Tennant, Swansea. Traffic declined from the 1860s due to competition with railways but the canal did not close to commercial traffic until 1934.
Exterior
Canal bridge, rubble stone, single segmental arch with tooled cut stone voussoirs. Abutments curve out slightly each side. Slightly humped with no parapets and very overgrown at time of survey (June 2003).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its historical interest as a bridge on this important early C19 canal.
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